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Bringing New Synergy to Residential Construction

Broadstreet Homes Combines Steel & 3-D Modeling for Speed, Cost-Efficiency by Carole VanSickle Ellis When Brian Iagnemma, President and CEO of Broadstreet Homes, tells you that his business “builds everything twice,” it might not sound like the epitome of efficiency. Keep listening, however, and you will discover that this unique build-to-rent design process truly trims the budget and keeps mammoth projects on track. “The heartbeat of our business is our

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Unlocking the Build-for-Rent Market

2021 May Be the Best Year Yet for Private Lenders…If They Are Careful by Paul Stockamore and JP Ackerman 2020 was a coming of age in the Build-for-Rent space. Amidst the turbulence, the strategy was brought to the forefront driving real estate principals to recalibrate executional strategies in the face of rapidly changing market dynamics. It was not the beginning of the build-to-rent trend, but the confluence of factors in

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Shrinking Margins & Government Eviction Bans Challenge Investors

Where is the ROI? by Rick Sharga Single family rentals (SFRs) have been one of the fastest-growing segments of the housing market for the last decade. Formerly a well-kept secret and the purview of local mom-and-pop investors, the category sprung into the nation’s consciousness during the Great Recession, when institutional investors entered the fray, buying thousands of foreclosure properties and converting them into rental homes. Popular opinion at the time

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How Real Estate Investors Can Pivot in a Tight Inventory Market

A New Paradigm in Acquisition and Disposition Strategies  by Nate Trunfio The U.S. housing market is currently experiencing an unprecedented and severe housing shortage. In 2020, the national housing inventory declined by nearly 40%—leaving 449,000 fewer homes for sale compared to December 2019, according to Realtor.com. In May 2020, the national inventory had a 4.8-month supply of homes, according to the National Association of Realtors, but that number steadily dropped

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A Generational Shift in Housing

The Trend Toward Renting vs. Owning by Adam Stern The home ownership rate in the U.S. today stands at 65.8%, which is up year over year. But it is a far cry from its height in early 2004, when it stood at just about 70%. Overall, the trend toward homeownership is down. This trend in U.S home ownership did not happen organically. It was not propagated by consumer demand or

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